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The Eagles and Rovio Entertainment create a cartoon press conference to announce their new collaboration. NBC10's Vince Lattanzio talks about what to expect from the partnership. (Published Thursday, June 14, 2012)

Eagles fans know what it’s like to be angry (see 8-8 Dream season, zero Super Bowls, Rich Kottie, the Santa Claus snowball fallout and so much more than would ever fit in this space) but now it seems the Eagles are becoming a bunch of “Angry Birds” as well.

Gotta give them credit, the cartoonish Birds’ gibberish translates to some good humor even if this partnership comes well after those awesome Angry Eagles T-shirts hit the streets.

“Naturally because they’re The Birds… and we want to take our anger out on The Pigs… uh… I mean foes of the NFC East,” said Red Bird at the faux presser.

Take that Redskins, a.k.a. the Hogs! Of course he was referencing the pigs that users rifle the Angry Birds at in the smartphone game but the play on words still makes for some good times.

As for what to expect, (please let there by a smartphone game -- fingers crossed) all the Eagles said in a press release is “Stay Tuned.” But a spokesman for the Eagles did confirm to NBC10 that part of the plan as laid out by the Wall Street Journal's Kevin Clark is in the works.

...a partnership that will include an Eagles-centric Angry Birds game to be launched in the fall and a marketing push that will include everything from social media initiatives to integration on local team television shows and even in-stadium displays.

For instance, according to the team, if defensive lineman Trent Cole sacks New York Giants quarterback Eli Manning, the stadium’s video board will dump the traditional sack animation for a new one–an animation in which Angry Birds character “Big Brother Bird” Terence knocks Manning over. In short, for Angry Bird-addicted football fans, there will be no escaping your thumb-hurting vice this fall.

The Eagles chased the folks at Rovio for about a year to make the whole Angry Birds partnership happen, the spokesman told NBC10.